Make your own soap without caustic soda or additives

Industrial soap often contains additives that can harm your skin and the environment. The alternative is traditional soap, whose recipe includes caustic soda, but to work with this substance you need to be outdoors, wear long-sleeved protective clothing and safety glasses. Since our recipe does not include caustic soda, there are no special precautions to take.

It is easier and safer to make natural soaps with raw soap, either in the form of soap flakes or glycerin soap, in addition, If you make it yourself, you will be sure that it does not contain unnecessary artificial additives that often trigger allergies. And you can also decide what colors and aromas you want your personal natural soap to have.

Homemade natural soap recipe

Raw soap flakes are available at many organic supermarkets, bulk stores, or online. Alternatively, you can make unscented glycerin soap flakes using a kitchen grater. Aleppo soap, based on ash and olive oil, is also ideal for making homemade soap.

Ingredients:

100 g of soap flakes 4-5 drops of the essential oil of choice (preferably organic) Water and 2 bowls for a bain-marie

Elaboration:

Melt the soap flakes in a bain-marie. If you want your natural soap to be scented, add the natural essential oil. You can also use natural food coloring to brighten the soap and give it the color you like best. The dried flowers and leaves also give the natural soap a special appearance. When all the ingredients have been mixed well in a bain-marie, pour the soap into a mold (there are special ones for soap, but you can use a lid) and let them harden. . You can also let the soap cool down a bit and then knead it with your hands and give it an original shape. You should let the homemade soap harden for at least a day before using it. Thicker bars of soap will require more drying time.

Liquid soap or shower gel recipe from soap flakes

Making liquid soap is very easy if you use ready-made flakes or grate them yourself with a piece of raw soap, such as vegetable-based curd soap.

Ingredients (for 100 ml of homemade liquid soap):

1 and a half teaspoons of grated soap flakes 100 ml of warm water or infusion (for example, sage, lavender or chamomile) A few drops of organic essential oil (for example, lavender or orange oil) and natural coloring such as food coloring, to taste .

Elaboration:

Heat the water to a boil or brew as usual and let sit and cool for about 10 minutes. Add the soap flakes and essential oil and stir well. Let the soap cool.

When making soap with this recipe, keep in mind that the more soap flakes you use, the thicker the batter will become and it won’t work in a dispenser.

This homemade liquid soap made from soap flakes can also be used as a shower gel. You just have to add 5 to 10 ml of coconut oil or olive oil, a few grams of cocoa butter or shea butter. These oils and fats naturally care for the skin. There is only that and they are simply mixed into the still warm soap solution.

Make your own glycerin soap

Solid Glycerin Soap is a raw soap of vegetable origin. Glycerin soap is heated in a water bath to melting point and can then be mixed with a few drops of essential oil to create the fragrant soap of your choice.

Making your own soap with glycerin soap results in a white mass, which you can tint with natural food coloring. Glycerin soap lathers particularly well, cleanses and cares for the skin.

Ingredients:

500 g glycerin soap A few drops of essential oil, for example rose oil Natural color as desired Pot and bowl for bain-marie Wooden spoon Soap molds

Elaboration:

When making this soap, the water bath should only be hot enough for the glycerin soap to melt. Once melted add a suitable fragrance and if you want the coloring. Now you just have to let the soap mass cool down a bit and pour the mass into the appropriate molds. Let it cool and unmold. If you add a few milliliters of a good oil or the fats mentioned above, you can take even better care of your skin.

It is best to try some variants with different concentrations of the ingredients until you find the soap of your dreams.